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When boat traffic was at its peak this summer in the Hammond Marina, some fishermen found themselves nearly trapped at the docks at low tide with only 7 to 10 inches of water under their boats. After decades of hoping, negotiating and keeping a close eye on bills flying off to Congress, Warrenton is on… Read More
Additional state funding for coastal dredging projects could potentially help Kingston. Acting Selectmen Chairman Elaine Fiore said Tuesday night that small coastal towns like Kingston could benefit from more money for coastal dredging projects based on a recent meeting with Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Jay Ash. Officials and harbormasters from coastal towns… Read More
Another town council has voted against the dredging of the Goodwin Sands. Deal councillors supported a motion opposing the work on environmental and heritage grounds last night. It is the second town council to oppose the scheme in a week in formal response to the latest public consultation. Dover council did the same six days… Read More
After months of public outcry, state and federal officials have agreed to investigate an alternative option for off-site disposal of contaminated sediment dredged from the Indiana Harbor and Shipping Canal. The decision comes after East Chicago residents and local environmentalists publicly objected to the U.S. Army Corps receiving a permit that would allow the disposal… Read More
A 45.6 m-long dredger vessel coming from Visakhapatnam got drifted towards Kodiakarai coast in the district due to strong winds, police said today. However, all the nine crew members on board the vessel are safe, they said. The vessel MV Enrich Shreya-IV, was proceeding to Mandapam in Ramanathapuram district and got drifted towards Kodiakarai coast… Read More
There’s a new boss in town, hired to keep a tight rein on the $4 million cleanup project to dredge and remove invasive Eurasian milfoil weeds from Stockbridge Bowl. The Select Board recently voted 3-0 to appoint contractor and former engineer Gregg Wellencamp, a director of the private Stockbridge Bowl Association, as a special town… Read More
The Barnegat Bay Inlet area should be a little easier to navigate once the state Department of Transportation completes an $8.7 million project to dredge channels in off Forked River. The channels to be dredged include Double Creek Mainland, Double Creek Inlet, High Bar Harbor and Barnegat Light Stake. The Double Creek Inlet channel has… Read More
Environmental experts, always concerned about the water quality of Lake Seminole, are assessing how much Hurricane Irma may have stirred up the nearly 1 million cubic yards of muck that lay on the bottom. “There are so many nutrients stored in those sediments,” Pinellas County Environmental Management division director Kelli Levy said. “Every time they… Read More
As the community gears up for fall Town Meeting and a new 10-year Master Plan, the topic of dredging – or removing layers of sand and silt that have built up in navigational channels and make it difficult for boats to get through – has come up several times. Wareham’s Planning Department, Department of Natural… Read More
Plans to dredge 300,000 tonnes of mud from near a disused nuclear plant and dump it off Cardiff Bay have been criticised. A marine pollution expert claims the mud from near Hinkley Point in Somerset could expose people to radioactivity. EDF Energy, the company behind the plans, said the work was not harmful to humans… Read More
San Mateo County Harbor District officials are navigating federal regulations as they aim for a pilot project that could stem erosion at Surfers Beach and help protect against sea level rise. Slow but steady progress is being made in the yearslong effort to dredge Pillar Point Harbor and use the material to bolster Surfers Beach…. Read More
A town council has cast a majority vote against dredging the Goodwin Sands. Dover members vote nine against three to formally object to the plans in the current public consultation. It followed a motion by Cllr Callum Warriner who is anxious to protect war graves in the area. He asked the council to write to… Read More
Work continues along the South Carolina beaches to renourish what Mother Nature has wash away. Beach renourishment typically happens every eight to 10 years and some coastal communities are long overdue after multiple storms barreled across the beaches the last few years. The Myrtle Beach Shore Protection Project is broken down into three categories–Reach 1,… Read More
Two hurricanes have delayed the start of beach widening and dune construction in some of the New Jersey shore towns hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy five years ago. Work in Mantoloking was supposed to have started within the last week or so, but hurricanes Jose and Maria have prevented that from happening. The barrier island… Read More
State and federal environmental officials said Thursday they are studying an option for off-site disposal and capping of contaminated sediment “hot spots” in the Indiana Harbor Ship Canal. The decision comes after months of pressure from community groups and East Chicago residents, who argued granting the permit would create unnecessary health risks and fail as… Read More